Tom Garrick had a heart of gold, a jaw of iron, and heavy artillery in both fists. This orphan from the Windy City returned from the Korean War to battle his way up the welterweight ranks, inspiring speculation about a title bid. Then he slugged it out with a top contender who humiliated him over eleven rounds and cut short his victory march.
Popular opinion was he had been exposed as a lucky pretender. The newspapers dubbed him "Tomato Can" after watching the blood splatter around the ring like tomato juice from a tin can being battered by a tire iron.
Now, for some mysterious reason, 'Tomato Can' Garrick is lacing on the gloves again, hoping for a shot at redemption. He has no promoter, no manager, not even a sparring partner. The only one in his corner is a buddy from the war who has never been inside the boxing game before.
There's a punch-drunk pantheon of bums, brawlers and cutthroat contenders just waiting to pound him into Palookaville ... a lonely war widow with her claws in his heart ... and a regimen of dubious training methods which may do more harm than good to his chances. But Garrick isn't going to go down in history as "the Tomato Can" without a fight.
Jack Tunney is the unifying pen name for authors of the FIGHT CARD
series - created by Mel Odom and Paul Bishop. Up-and-coming new
authors, such as Eric Beetner, David Foster, Kevin Michaels, and Heath
Lowrance have all penned entries in the series alongside more
established names in the field such as Wayne D. Dundee, Bishop, and
Odom.
The books in the Fight Card series are 25,000 word
novelettes, designed to be read in one or two sittings, and are inspired
by the fight pulps of the '30s and '40s - such as Fight Stories
Magazine - and Robert E. Howard's two-fisted boxing tales featuring
Sailor Steve Costigan.
Each of the novellas is short, sharp and packs a punch.
A fine series I'm enjoying.
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